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Post by Phalon on Jan 19, 2014 9:06:32 GMT -6
I could have put this in the commercial thread, but I think it fits much better in here. Microsoft Bing received some flack about the commercial - who it included, who it didn't include, and even the song choice. Personally, I love it; it chokes me up every time, especially after reading Deb Cohan's story (the last woman to appear in the commercial). "Celebrating the Heroic Women of 2013": Deb Cohen's reason to dance: americanlivewire.com/deborah-cohan/
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Post by Siren on Jan 28, 2014 21:21:20 GMT -6
That is awesome, Gams! Sorry I missed that, but very glad you posted it here!
Yes, that Deb Cohan is something else. Best wishes to her! I wish I could move like that.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 7, 2014 7:24:48 GMT -6
I thought it was pretty awesome too, Siren. I meant to post the following link with it, but it slipped my mind. The site also contains the video of the commercial, but comes with a very brief explanation of each woman's story who appears in the video. www.bing.com/explore/heroicwomen?OCID=MC0FLL
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Post by Siren on Feb 17, 2014 15:34:07 GMT -6
I have come across some of the most interesting people after first seeing them on a postage stamp. Here's one: Martha Gellhorn, considered one of the greatest war correspondents ever, an accomplished writer of fiction as well, a restless globe-trotter who was, for a time, married to Ernest Hemingway. www.salon.com/2006/08/12/gellhorn/
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Post by Phalon on Feb 18, 2014 7:26:42 GMT -6
Interesting article, Siren. She sounds very similar in many ways to a woman I just read about in the biography "Cast No Shadow"...except for one glaring difference, evident from even the title of the article about Martha Gellhorn, "I Didn't Like Sex At All".
On the other hand, Amy Elizabeth "Betty" Thorpe Pack, was all about sex. Often thought of as the Mati Hari of WWII, Betty was a socialite turned spy, first for the British and then the Americans, who used "sexpionage" to get information that "changed the course of the war"....and enjoyed it.
After the war, she once said:
"Ashamed? Not in the least, my superiors told me that the results of my work saved thousands of British and American lives….It involved me in situations from which 'respectable' women draw back–but mine was total commitment. Wars are not won by respectable methods."
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Post by Spock on Feb 18, 2014 21:34:59 GMT -6
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Post by Siren on Feb 20, 2014 22:28:40 GMT -6
A couple of great stories, there. I saw that one about the teacher on "CBS Sunday Morning", Spock, and it made me cry. That's a guy doing a lot of good, in his own small way.
And as for Betty - what a gal. She did what she did, and stood by it. And she saved many lives through her actions.
Gams, did you read that author's bio of Beryl Markham? Now that was another colorful life!
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Post by Phalon on Feb 22, 2014 8:21:02 GMT -6
I drilled Beryl Markham, Siren - she definitely sounds like a colorful woman! If I was going to read a biography (actually, her autobiography sounds really interesting), I think I'd choose one by a different author. I got a bit frustrated reading "Cast No Shadow". I spent the first half of the book fighting the urge to add punctuation; there seemed to be a glaring lack of commas and periods. In a couple instances, I had to reread 3 or 4 times before I understood the sentence just because it was missing a comma.
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Post by Spock on Feb 22, 2014 16:11:00 GMT -6
Perhaps the proofreader was in a comma ...
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Post by Siren on Mar 6, 2014 22:40:10 GMT -6
Lol, Spock. Gams, maybe you're just not hip enough to get her writing style.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 9, 2014 8:36:35 GMT -6
You're probably right, Siren. I'm more @ss than hip! (Ha, I just cracked myself up.)
Here's a quote about heroes from a woman who many consider to be a hero herself:
"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" ~ Maya Angelou
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Post by Siren on Mar 9, 2014 10:23:37 GMT -6
Hee hee! I'm with you there, Gams. And there *pointing to my stomach*...and there *flabby upper arm*...and there *thigh*. I'm witcha! Speak on, Bard Maya! A warning about the following story. It's about an unassuming high school kid who runs for her school track team...and she's been diagnosed with MS. It's a wonderful story. But I could just see my youngest niece, who is meek and sweet, and, when she isn't sketching her favorite anime' hero or hitting her school books hard, likes to run cross-country. And, thinking of her, and listening to this story, I cried. www.npr.org/2014/03/08/287751438/catching-kayla-running-one-step-ahead-of-multiple-sclerosis
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Post by Phalon on Mar 13, 2014 5:04:06 GMT -6
Way to go, Kayla! Truly an inspiration for not letting physical challenges hold you back from doing what you love to do.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 11, 2014 5:56:01 GMT -6
Hubs showed me this the other day. He got choked up watching it; I bawled.
It is, of course, fictional; it's a commercial. It just goes to show though, how simple thing can make someone someone else's hero.
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 24, 2014 20:19:50 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Apr 27, 2014 7:47:46 GMT -6
Thanks for the link, Katina; it's a very good explanation. I remember you mentioning Anzac Day in the past, and I understood that it was a memorial day, but didn't know exactly the story behind who was being honored.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 5, 2015 8:32:20 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 5, 2015 17:33:40 GMT -6
Man. I can't imagine having to walk all the way to work and back every day. Especially if you live in the country and your job is 30 miles away, or more. Now, if I lived a town, or in a city, and my job was just a few blocks away, I might consider walking to and from on nice weather days. I'd think about it, not sure how often I would do it though.
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